In the spirit of the FSF's "Right to Read"[1] dystopia story, I present "Fully Automated Amazon Communism" :
1. Everyone works at Amazon
2. Amazon has vertically integrated into every conceivable industry.
3. Everyone gets paid in Amazon gift cards.
4. Amazon automatically delivers to your home everything you need to live your life without you having to ask. It knows what to order based on an AI model of everything you have ever done or thought. Your level of consumption is automatically scaled to your gift card balance.
5. You rent everything that's not a consumable from Amazon.
6. If you quit your job at Amazon, you starve to death. You must even return your clothes because your license to them has been canceled. You could try and live in the woods and eat nuts and berries. Using someone else's Amazon prime account is punishable by death since that's the practical consequence of getting fired from your job at Amazon. The right of first sale has been abolished for all goods, so even if someone wanted to give you food, they don't have a product license to do that.
>you're being downvoter and I don't understand why.
Probably because Amazon historically hasn't done vertical integration. Amazon Basics items aren't manufactured in Amazon factories. Heck, half the time they're not even branded. I bought an AB air conditioner last month and there wasn't a single Amazon logo on the box.
A maximal Amazon would eat all retail, but I don't seem them running hotels or hospitals. They could still cause plenty of problem if 1 in 4 people worked there, though.
1. Everyone works at Amazon
2. Amazon has vertically integrated into every conceivable industry.
3. Everyone gets paid in Amazon gift cards.
4. Amazon automatically delivers to your home everything you need to live your life without you having to ask. It knows what to order based on an AI model of everything you have ever done or thought. Your level of consumption is automatically scaled to your gift card balance.
5. You rent everything that's not a consumable from Amazon.
6. If you quit your job at Amazon, you starve to death. You must even return your clothes because your license to them has been canceled. You could try and live in the woods and eat nuts and berries. Using someone else's Amazon prime account is punishable by death since that's the practical consequence of getting fired from your job at Amazon. The right of first sale has been abolished for all goods, so even if someone wanted to give you food, they don't have a product license to do that.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Right_to_Read